Milton's mathematical symbol of theodicy
| Autor: | Lee M. Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Literature
Paradise lost Fibonacci number business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Destiny Character (symbol) Elegy Symbol Computational Mathematics Computational Theory and Mathematics Modeling and Simulation Theodicy Modelling and Simulation business Construct (philosophy) Algorithm Mathematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 12(3-4):617-627 |
| ISSN: | 0898-1221 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0898-1221(86)90414-1 |
| Popis: | Symmetry in literature usually calls attention to thematic relationship, and at times it even has a distinctively mathematical character, as in the works of John Milton. In particular, Milton uses the Fibonacci series to construct golden sections in the epic, Paradise Lost , and in the pastora elegy, Lycidas . Golden sections in these works symbolize the conjunction of heavenly and earthly conditions for the purpose of explaining the poet's theodicy of divine imperatives in1relation to possibilities of human destiny. |
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